Method of welding and article produced thereby



ay 7 w. DISHONG METHOD OF WELDING AND ARTICLE PRODUCED THEREBY FiledSept. 9, 1926 WAL/AM D/5HO/VC7,

I Q Ju i/66 17 2 batented May 24; 1 927.

UNETED sT WILLIAM nisnoNG; or :roi INs'rowN, PENNSYLVANIA] i i METHOD orWELDING ANn ARTICLE rnonuon nrnnnnm'.

Application filed septemberti,1926.v SeriaI'IbIo;134,472. v

This invention relates to a method of welding and article producedthereby. and more particularly to a methoiil of joining or weldingrolled steel sections of dissimilar V cross-section, such as splicebars, which "are out of 'alineinent with each other, and the compoundsection produced thereby, and has for its object the provision of animproved method'of welding splice bars and the likerof dissimilarcrossection jandfthe provision of the novel compound section re-*sulting therefrom. 1 7 v In the drawings:

Figure 1 tea sectional view tl'irough'a rail joint showing splice barsOif CllFiSlil'llltil' crosssection joined by the improved methodof thisapplication.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary top plan of the joined splice bars. i

Figure 3 is a' fragmentary side elevation of the joined splice bars ofFigure 1.

Referring more particularly to the'drawings, the numeralQ designates arelatively sin-all splice bar such as ordinarily used with theT-headrail 3, which is. joined t0 the splice bar t of differentcross-section larger as ordinarily used with such rail 5.

T he small splice bar 2 is necessarily. out of alinement with thelai'gersplice bar ,4, andv sections ofdissiinilar cross-section and'arrangedout of 'alinement with each other,

if any, of the end sinonly a small, portion, I

Therefore, buttfaces of said bars overlap.

welding of said bars is impossible-j In the present invention separateblock of metal 6 is welded to the side face of the small splice bar thesplice bar t, as at 7. sufiicient size to overlap the end of the splicebar 4, and the end of the barl is butt-welded to the abutting face oftheblock 6, as at 8, and if anyportion of the splice bar i overlaps thesplice bar 2, such portion A the girder V 2, at the end to be joinedto"The block 6 is ofv will be welded" directly to the splicebar 2.

, "By forming a jointas above described, a compound 7 splice bar sectionof great strengthis obtained and an improved article is obtained at aminimum of cost.

.lVhi le I have shown one specific e nbodiment of my invention, it willbe understood thatljdo notwish to beflimited thereto, since othersections than splice barsinay be joined, and various modifications mayThe IHQClQXYithOUt departing from the scope of my invention as definedin the appended claims; a

' I claimi v :1. The method of joining metal sections, the ends of whichare not in alinement, V

whiclrconsists in welding a separate block of metal to the side face ofone of said sec- Q tions adjacent the end of said section l and thenbutt-welding the other section to said separate piece-of metal.

{ 2,The method of oining splice bars of dissimilar cross se'ction, notinalinement c5 with eachother and only partly overlapping,- whichconsists in welding a block: Ofll'lfltfll tothe side face of one of saidsections and t henbutt welding the other section tosaid" first sectionand said block of metal. v as an artioleof manufacture, a compoundsection comprising two rolled metal and La separateblock of metal weldedtothe side face of one of said sections at the end thereof, andextending outwardly so as to extend to substantially the outer edgeofthe other section, and said othersection being butt-welded'to saidblock. r

In testimonythereof, I have hereunto set inyjhand. 1'

H WILLIAM nisiioNG.

